Refractive posters & prints

Refractive, 2016 Alex Caminker

Long focal length refracting telescope, 1728 Unknown

Light, c1850 Unknown

Terrestrial refraction John Brandard

The great telescope erected on Wandsworth Common, London Anonymous

Newton's experiment splitting white light into the colours of the spectrum by a prism, 1757 Unknown

Light Beam Through Glass Prism Anonymous

Refraction, the winner of 'The Oaks' John Frederick Herring Snr

Refraction, 1988 Hannibal Mane

Refraction, 2016 Mark Adlington

Parhelia (mock suns) without haloes, observed in England in 1698, (1845) Unknown

Mock Sun with sunbows and halo, observed from the Arctic Circle, 1873 Unknown

Optical effects in crystalline materials under pressure David Brewster

Images of objects seen through prisms C Laplante

Light refraction, 2019 Alex Caminker

Syntax Star-gazing, c1815 Thomas Rowlandson

Running Water Brett Weston

Bishop’s Observatory, Twickenham Day & Son

Swirling Glasswork Brett Weston

Bishop’s Observatory, Twickenham Day & Son

Unequal refrangibility of two differently coloured lights C Laplante

View overlooking the Royal Observatory, Greenwich Francis Place

Method of observing the Sun at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich Francis Place

The Octagon Room at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich Francis Place

Donati's Comet, 10 October 1858 James W Watts

Four representations regarding seeing Jan Claesz ten Hoorn

Reflective River (New York City: Ships on the East River, Statue of Liberty in the Distance) Joseph Pennell

Gladiolus Xanthospilus, Freesia refracta; Glaïeul à taches jaunes Pierre Joseph Redouté

Scenes in the Liberal Union, No. 4 The Magistrate and the Refractory Casuals Tom Merry

Gladiolus refractus, Freesia refracta; Glaïeul à tiges coudées; Freesia Pierre Joseph Redouté

Isaac Newton's reflecting telescope Isaac Newton

Starfire Adaptive Optics Telescope Anonymous

A Dream of Olympia, or the Daring Marquis and the Refractory Steed Tom Merry

The 'Sala delle Prospettive' detail depicting a view of Rome, 1518-19 Baldassarre Peruzzi

Reflections of the sun on water Leonardo Da Vinci

Glacier Feeding into Calm Reflective Lake Anonymous